Quite simply, there is no ‘new‘ Australian singer-songwriter we love more than Julia Stone (although, we harbour deep affection for Kasey Chambers and Missy Higgins), with her twee voice chock full of warmth and hope.
Breaking from her brother Angus for her 2011 solo début, this is light and airy, melancholy and pensive music that VanRamblings finds entirely captivating, and altogether marks one of the stunning tour-de-force music endeavours of this year or any other year. Absolutely worth a listen.
Without further ado, then, meet the glorious and remarkable Julia Stone …

When we first heard the music of Bebel Gilberto, way back in 2000 with the release of Tanto Tempo, we became smitten with the Brazilian chanteuse.
Born in New York City, but raised in Rio de Janeiro, music was an integral part of her childhood, her father the legendary Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto a strong influence. At the age of 7, she made her recording début on her mother Miúcha‘s first solo album, The Best of Two Worlds. Two years later, she performed at Carnegie Hall with her mother and Stan Getz.
Fast forward twenty-seven years to the year 2000, when Ms. Gilberto released the luminous Tanto Tempo (a few cuts of which you’ll find directly below), and an entrancing, sensual neo-bossa nova jazz star was born.